6/23/2016STScI-2016-223.Hubble Confirms New Dark Spot on Neptune
Pancake-shaped clouds not only appear in the children's book "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," but also 3 billion miles away on the gaseous planet Neptune. (More)

5/19/2016STScI-2016-154.Hubble Takes Mars Portrait Near Close Approach
On May 12, 2016, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this striking image of Mars, when the planet was 50 million miles from Earth. The photo reveals... (More)

2/5/2015STScI-2015-0510.Hubble Captures Rare Triple-Moon Conjunction
Firing off a string of snapshots like a sports photographer at a NASCAR race, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured a rare look at three of Jupiter's largest moons zipping... (More)

10/17/2013STScI-2013-4222.Comet ISON Appears Intact
A new image of the sunward plunging Comet ISON taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope on October 9, 2013, suggests that the comet is intact despite some predictions that the fragile icy nucleus... (More)

7/25/2013STScI-2013-3123.Galaxies, Comets, and Stars! Oh My!
In this Hubble Space Telescope composite image taken in April 2013, the sun-approaching Comet ISON floats against a seemingly infinite backdrop of numerous galaxies and a handful... (More)

7/15/2013STScI-2013-3024.Hubble Finds New Neptune Moon
In the summer of 1989, a robotic emissary from Earth visited the farthest major planet from the Sun, Neptune. Like any good tourist, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft snapped a lot of pictures... (More)

7/2/2013STScI-2013-2425.Comet ISON Brings Holiday Fireworks
This July 4th, the solar system is showing off some fireworks of its own. Superficially resembling a skyrocket, Comet ISON is hurtling toward the Sun at a whopping 48,000 miles per hour. (More)

4/23/2013STScI-2013-1427.Hubble Captures Comet ISON
Comet ISON is potentially the "comet of the century" because around the time the comet makes its closest approach to the Sun, on November 28, it may briefly become brighter than the full Moon. (More)

7/11/2012STScI-2012-3229.Hubble Discovers a Fifth Moon Orbiting Pluto
A team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is reporting the discovery of another moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The moon is estimated to be irregular... (More)

4/19/2012STScI-2012-2131.Hubble Spots Aurorae on the Planet Uranus
These are among the first clear images, taken from the distance of Earth, to show aurorae on the planet Uranus. This composite image combines 2011 Hubble observations... (More)

2/15/2010STScI-2010-0941.Hubble Captures Saturn's Double Light Show
In January and March 2009, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took advantage of a rare opportunity to record Saturn when its rings were edge-on, resulting... (More)

10/9/2009STScI-2009-2645.Hubble Observes LCROSS Impact Event
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has made a series of observations immediately preceding and following the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) Centaur... (More)

9/9/2009STScI-2009-2546.Hubble Opens New Eyes on the Universe
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is back in business, ready to uncover new worlds, peer ever deeper into space, and even map the invisible backbone of the universe. (More)

7/24/2009STScI-2009-2347.Hubble Captures Rare Jupiter Collision
NASA scientists have interrupted the checkout and calibration of the Hubble Space Telescope to aim the recently refurbished observatory at a new expanding spot on the giant planet Jupiter. (More)

3/17/2009STScI-2009-1248.Quadruple Saturn Moon Transit Snapped by Hubble
Saturn's comparatively paper-thin rings are tilted edge on to Earth every 15 years. Because the orbits of Saturn's major satellites are in the ring plane, too, this alignment... (More)

7/17/2008STScI-2008-2750.Three Red Spots Mix it Up on Jupiter
This sequence of Hubble Space Telescope images offers an unprecedented view of a planetary game of Pac-Man among three red spots clustered together in Jupiter's atmosphere. (More)

5/22/2008STScI-2008-2351.New Red Spot Appears on Jupiter
In what's beginning to look like a case of planetary measles, a third red spot has appeared alongside its cousins — the Great Red Spot and Red Spot Jr. — in the turbulent... (More)

2007

12/18/2007STScI-2007-4553.Mars: Closest Approach 2007
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this close-up of the red planet Mars when it was just 55 million miles – 88 million kilometers – away. This color image was assembled from a series of exposures... (More)

11/15/2007STScI-2007-4054.Hubble Zooms In on Heart of Mystery Comet
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has probed the bright core of Comet 17P/Holmes, which, to the delight of sky watchers, mysteriously brightened by nearly a millionfold... (More)

3/20/2007STScI-2007-1359.Saturn Stars in Three Hubble Movies
Photogenic Saturn has now become a movie star. Astronomers have woven NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of Saturn, its rings, and several of its moons into three movies. (More)

8/31/2006STScI-2006-4262.Hubble Captures a Rare Eclipse on Uranus
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image is a never-before-seen astronomical alignment of a moon traversing the face of Uranus, and its accompanying shadow. (More)

2/22/2006STScI-2006-0968.Hubble Confirms New Moons of Pluto
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the presence of two new moons around the distant planet Pluto. The moons were first discovered... (More)

2/16/2005STScI-2005-0678.Saturn's Auroras Defy Scientists' Expectations
The dancing light of the auroras on Saturn behaves in ways different from how scientists have thought possible for the last 25 years. New research by a team of astronomers... (More)

5/26/2004STScI-2004-1882.Saturn Seen from Far and Near
As Saturn grows closer through the eyes of the Cassini spacecraft, which is hurtling toward a rendezvous with the ringed world on June 30 (July 1, Universal Time), both Cassini... (More)

1/22/2004STScI-2004-0584.The Colorful Lives of the Outer Planets
Atmospheric features on Uranus and Neptune are revealed in images taken with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph and the Advanced Camera for Surveys... (More)

9/9/2003STScI-2003-2386.The Slant on Saturn's Rings
This is a series of images of Saturn, as seen at many different wavelengths, when the planet's rings were at their maximum tilt of 27 degrees toward Earth. Saturn experiences seasonal... (More)

9/5/2003STScI-2003-2688.Hubble Assists Rosetta Comet Mission
Results from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope played a major role in preparing ESA's ambitious Rosetta mission for its new target, comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P/C-G). (More)

8/27/2003STScI-2003-2289.Mars: Closest Encounter
These two images, taken 11 hours apart with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, reveal two nearly opposite sides of Mars. Hubble snapped these photos as the red planet was making its closest approach... (More)

6/7/2001STScI-2001-1595.A Change of Seasons on Saturn
Looming like a giant flying saucer in our outer solar system, Saturn puts on a show as the planet and its magnificent ring system nod majestically over the course of its 29-year... (More)

2000

12/14/2000STScI-2000-3897.Satellite Footprints Seen in Jupiter Aurora
In this Hubble telescope picture, a curtain of glowing gas is wrapped around Jupiter's north pole like a lasso. This curtain of light, called an aurora, is produced when high-energy... (More)